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02. Paul Barbera – Love Lost (above)
"My name is Paul Barbera, I'm a photographer. Love – Lost is an ongoing Narrative... Working on it as I travel, I will add stories from time to time." ( lovelost )
03. Marcelo Burlon
"It seems like everybody already knows Marcelo Burlon....

Before Steampunk: Star Wars' 1800s Robots (above) "This pair of early rescue masks, shown above, dates from between the mid-1800s and World War I. They look a bit familiar, right? Almost 100 years before Darth Vader and C-3PO hit the big screen in "Star Wars" in 1977, these two smoke helmets...

Removing the words from the mark, bringing in the green, and taking the Siren out of her ring. For forty years she's represented coffee, and now she is the star." ( dieline )
02. Tea House by David Jameso
"This Tea House by David Jameson makes an unusual and ephemeral addition to a...

TONY tracks down the city's top platters, plus nearby sports bars where you can catch the game." ( TONY ).
02. Boston: Three Bakeries in Jamaica Plain
"How do you define a bakery? If a shop produces its own bread, croissants, cookies, and some manner of breakfast bread that serves as an...

Killer paper backdrop illusion for your web cam
"If you were on a video conference call with Michel Gondry, we're pretty sure he'd join in with one of these. Architect Ryuji Nakamura created the Midget & Giant paper house as part of a workshop at DESIGNEAST 01 late last year." ( core77 )

A better Post-It? And made from wood waste (above)
"Shibuya-based Naruse-Inokama Architects, comprised of Jun Inokuma and Yuri Naruse, takes wood waste from houses and turns that into paper. The resultant paper is then formed into a stack of Post-It-like sticky notes that are in turn shaped...

Norman Rockwell's America exhibits a remarkable collection of selected original art spanning his six decade career." ( DPG ).
03. Solar-Powered Cargo Pants Provide Green Energy on the Go
"Solar powered accessories are on the rise, but clothing that can harvest energy from the sun isn't...

Instead of an international star, he selected the then-relatively unknown pair, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe of Shim Sutcliffe to create his residence in a ravine in the posh Toronto neighborhood of Rosedale." ( Daily Icon ).

Architecture of WikiLeaks (above)
"Thanks to the New York Post article we noticed that this project Pionen White Mountain, which we featured November 24, 2008, is indeed the WikiLeaks Headquarters. Pionen – White Mountain designed by Albert France-Lanord Architects is housed in a former...

They're out there, wondering if they're weird for listening to it all year around, while those who don't like it grouse openly and loudly, particularly when radio stations start playing it before Thanksgiving (as if it'll make the turkey feel unloved). But Christmas is a subject for songs,...